T.J. Carter

Senior safety for TCU. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 62 tackles.

S · TCU · Sr. · #7

5′11″ · 190 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 69 · #103 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceTCU 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 486 nationally · Signed with Memphis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for TCU. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 62 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2017.
Transferred from Memphis to TCU in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 180 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2017

Signed with Memphis3-star out of Stratford Comprehensive

202110 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#486 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Memphis8-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2019Memphis12-2HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2020Memphis8-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced, fast tempo

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #103 of 509?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (86th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#157 / 2743 · 94th pct

Tackles#376 / 2743 · 86th pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2340 / 2743 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	8.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #103 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #103 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	TCU	62	46	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
2020	Memphis	11	8	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2019	Memphis	39	30	3.5	1.0	7	--	--
2018	Memphis	68	58	1.5	0.0	12	2	--
Career		180	142	5.0	1.0	23	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2021

W 30–28

vs Baylor

5 SOLO · 6 TOT

Edged out Baylor at home in a shootout.

With C. Morris — 461 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.2 · 70 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · T. Barber — 7 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Duquesne	3	0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-32vs California	6	5	—	0
Wk 4	L 34-42vs SMU	6	6	—	0
Wk 5	L 27-32vs Texas	1	0	—	0
Wk 6	W 52-31@ Texas Tech	12	12	—	1	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 7	L 31-52@ Oklahoma	9	4	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-29vs West Virginia	7	5	—	0
Wk 9	L 12-31@ Kansas State	4	4	1	0
Wk 10	W 30-28vs Baylor	6	5	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-63@ Oklahoma State	8	5	—	0
Total		62	46	1	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology